Gehenna War
Gehenna War
$29.99
Mature Content Warning: Contains graphic and written content of a mature nature, including violence, sexual themes, and strong language. Reader discretion is advised.

The Eternal Struggle at Your Doorstep

From incessant intrigue to blazing action! Gehenna War brings the machinations of the elders and secret societies to your chronicle. Hunt the elders who were supposedly Beckoned away. Do you fight for the will of an ancient, a chance at the forbidden sin of Diablerie, or to protect what truly matters to you?

Gehenna War provides material both for players and Storytellers to make the game sing, focusing on fast-paced action and how to weave it into stories and chronicles.

  • An overview of the Gehenna War and its impact on the major Kindred sects
  • Archetypes to help guide kindred creation for players and storytellers
  • Rules for creating action-focused characters for action chronicles along with pre-written stories to drop into any chronicle
  • New combat options and equipment and distinct factions fighting in the Gehenna War
  • Advice for using Bestial Failures and Messy Criticals in any chronicle
  • Emphasizes action conflict including chases, gunfights, dueling, infiltration
  • Information on new factions

Purchasing this title unlocks the content in the digital reader, compendium, and character tools on Vampire: The Masquerade Nexus, as well as in additional features as they become available.

Table Of Contents
Table of Contents

Introduction

  • Your Gehenna War
  • Chapters

Chapter One: Fearful Awakening

  • The Origins of the War
  • Where?
  • The Beckoning
  • Diablerie
  • Who?
  • Ceri
  • Enkidu
  • Kemintiri
  • Plague-Bride
  • Shalim
  • Tiamat
  • Ur-Shulgi

Chapter Two: We Who are Already Dead…

  • Archetypes
  • Playing With Power
  • Advantages & Flaws
  • Disciplines
  • Rules of Engagement
  • Undead Armory

Chapter Three: Never Stay Still

  • What Is an Action Story?
  • Action in Genre
  • Adrenaline After Dark
  • Action Needs a Villain
  • What We Fight Over
  • Complications Come with Fangs

Chapter Four: Faces of Evil

  • Layers of Conflict
  • Storytelling Action-Horror
  • Using the Ancients

Chapter Five: Dogs of War

  • Fighting the War
  • Violence First
  • Other Factions, Cults, and Groups

Chapter Six: War Stories

  • Bloody Business
  • Hunting Lions
  • Midnight Chase
  • Summit at Dragon Star
  • Story Seeds

Appendix I: Rolling for It

  • When Do We Roll?
  • Storytelling Failure
  • Beastly Interruptions

Appendix II: Loresheets

  • Beckett
  • The Eternal Arena
  • Tegyrius the Vizier

Credits